Bob Miller wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:23 -0700 (PDT), mrhaney
wrote:

I am a fancier of the TS-830S transceiver and am searching for some
historical facts..Anyone know how many were produced,Or,first and last
serial numbers..I think they were first produced in August ,1980 and
last advertised about July of 82 looks like about Two years of
production ..Thanks Harold W4PQW

fwiw, the QST review was in May of '81.

bob
k5qwg

I bought one of the first in the UK at the Granby Halls Radio Rally in
the summer of 1981, it's still in daily use today.

Stev eH